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Posts tagged with 'comic' and 'sciencefiction' at MetaFilter.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:38:34 -0800Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:38:34 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60We have portkeys! Boom! Middle of the ocean!http://www.metafilter.com/160090/We%2Dhave%2Dportkeys%2DBoom%2DMiddle%2Dof%2Dthe%2Docean
Cartoonist Boulet (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/147049/The-Gaeneviad">previously</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/128365/A-Frenchman-in-Brooklyn">previously</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/144448/Its-a-kind-of-magic">related previously</a>) <a href="http://english.bouletcorp.com/2016/05/06/traps/">thinks about the problem with all these elaborate traps in adventure movies.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2016:site.160090Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:38:34 -0800The WhelkThe Worlds of Øyvind Thorsbyhttp://www.metafilter.com/154644/The%2DWorlds%2Dof%2Dyvind%2DThorsby
Øyvind Thorsby, creator of multiple strangely charming webcomics (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/75563/Hitmen-For-Destiny">previously</a>), has recently begun his fifth series, <a href="http://trixie.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/">Trixie Slaughteraxe for President</a> (link is to the first page). Thorsby's comics bear multiple trademarks: distinctively simplistic art, strange creatures with strange adaptations to their environments, creative applications for magical and technologically advanced objects and phenomena, and, of course, complicated farcical situations often involving desperate wacky schemes. A list of his comics (including the new hosting for his first three comics) is inside. Content warning: violence, swearing and sexual themes. <a href="http://hitmen.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/">Hitmen for Destiny</a>: A woman finds a magical sword and is embroiled in a secret world of monsters, magic, the increasingly flexible concept of destiny.
<a href="http://lies.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/">Lies, Sisters and Wives</a>: In the real world, a man must hide the fact that he has a mistress; numerous lies and misunderstandings ensue.
<a href="http://spacespy.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/">The Accidental Space Spy</a>: When an ordinary man is mistaken for a space spy, he must keep up the act to stay alive, and finds himself on a mission that takes him to many strange planets with strange inhabitants.
<a href="http://brainchip.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/">Transdimensional Brain Chip</a>: Ulf has a chip installed in his brain that puts him in contact with alternate-universe versions of himself. Also, Ulf is an idiot. Well, he was. Now he is an increasing number of idiots.
<a href="http://trixie.thecomicseries.com/comics/first">Trixie Slaughteraxe for President</a>: The fantastical nation of Diabolica, despite its monsters and adventurers-for-hire, is a democracy, but the Traditionalist Party keeps winning due to campaign funding from the rich. But Democratic Socialist candidate Trixie Slaughteraxe has a plan to raise funds - go hunting for treasure.
New projects are announced <a href="http://thorsbysprojects.thecomicseries.com/">here</a>, with an RSS feed.
Bonus:
<a href="http://www.qwantz.com/apologies/000089.html">A comic by Thorsby deliberately missing dialogue, which was added by someone else</a>
Two text adventure games by Thorsby, <a href="http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=bt9tjt1fg2ucbxgc">Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies</a> and <a href="http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=snk6qx8hfn3xpm0a">Adventurer's Consumer Guide</a>
<a href="http://www.requestcomics.com/comic/71.html">A photocomic requested by Thorsby</a>
<a href="http://tallcomics.com/?id=87">A choose-your-own-adventure game</a> set in the world of <a href="http://tallcomics.com/">Unwinder's Tall Comics</a> tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.154644Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:55:29 -0800BiggerJAn Entire Stable of Characters in One Issuehttp://www.metafilter.com/149870/An%2DEntire%2DStable%2Dof%2DCharacters%2Din%2DOne%2DIssue
Wham-O (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/68274/WhamO">previously</a>) revolutionized the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_disc">circle</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hula_hoop">torus</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ball">sphere</a>, but they once did something innovative with the humble rectangle: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LyHMRwcFUA">Wham-O Giant Comics</a> (alternate ad <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuDPV3ODNkY">here</a>), intended to be a quarterly magazine but ultimately the only issue released by the company. You can read it in its entirety <a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/wham-o-its-our-1000th-giant-comics-post.html">here</a> and read critiques of its contents <a href="http://majorspoilers.com/2013/03/31/retro-review-wham-o-giant-comics-1/">here.</a> It's an anthology whose contents run the gamut of genres, so if you don't like a story, you can just skip to the next. Of particular note are Radian and Goody Bumpkin, drawn by Wally Wood (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/tags/wallywood">previouslies</a>). tag:metafilter.com,2015:site.149870Fri, 22 May 2015 22:49:37 -0800BiggerJNot Lyinghttp://www.metafilter.com/130194/Not%2DLying
<a href="http://www.imagecomics.com/comics/series/saga">Saga</a>, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples , has swept the <a href="http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2013/07/sdcc-13-saga-david-aja-chris-ware-among-eisner-winners/">Eisners</a>, taking home awards for Best Continuing Series, Best New Series and Best Writer. <a href="http://io9.com/10-reasons-you-should-be-reading-brian-k-vaughan-s-sag-756300575">Here's why you should be reading it.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.130194Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:05:34 -0800ArtwThe jury's in... and they can't deny that view, either.http://www.metafilter.com/129982/The%2Djurys%2Din%2Dand%2Dthey%2Dcant%2Ddeny%2Dthat%2Dview%2Deither
A month after its release, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/NaughtyDog?from=Main.NaughtyDog">Naughty Dog</a>'s sweeping interactive epic <i><strong>The Last of Us</strong></i> is being hailed as <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/all?view=condensed&sort=desc">one of the best games of all time</a>, with perfect scores even from <a href="http://www.futureplc.com/2013/06/05/edge-awards-the-last-of-us-1010/">notoriously demanding critics</a>.
Inspired by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8">an eerily beautiful segment from the BBC's <i>Planet Earth</i></a>, the game portrays an America twenty years after a pandemic of the zombiefying <i><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/07/28/respect-for-the-fungus-overlords/">Cordyceps</a></i> fungus</a> (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/83723/The-Fungus-Overlords#2674917">previously</a>), leaving behind <a href="http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/02/17/nature-s-ruinous-revenge-the-environments-of-the-last-of-us.aspx">lush wastelands</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_decay">elegant decay</a> teeming with <a href="http://thelastofus.wikia.com/wiki/The_Infected">monsters</a> and beset by vicious bandits, a brutal military, and the revolutionary Fireflies.
Into this <a href="http://raygunbrown.com/necessary-roughness-the-violence-of-the-last-of-us/2013/6/23/necessary-roughness-the-violence-of-the-last-of-us">bleak vision of desperate violence</a> journey Joel, a gruffly stoic Texan with a painful past, and his ward Ellie, a precocious teenager who may hold the key to mankind's future.
Boasting <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYkj0glnqs">tense, immersive gameplay</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jd_Pp1iG8Q">compelling performances</a> from a diverse cast, a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwlqZWJEcM">movingly minimalist score</a> from Oscar-winning <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96273922">Gustavo Santaolalla</a>, and an array of influences from Alfonso Cuarón's <i>Children of Men</i> to Cormac McCarthy's <i>The Road</i>, it's already being slotted alongside <i>BioShock Infinite</i> and <i>Half-Life 2</i> as one of modern gaming's <a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/06/game-review-the-last-of-us-ps3">crowning achievements</a>. And while it's hard to disentangle plot from action, you don't have to buy a PS3 to experience it -- YouTube offers many filmic edits of the game, including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q-SKmb_QBg">this three-hour version of all relevant passages</a>.
And don't miss <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLJn6yov6A">the 84-minute documentary</a> exploring every facet of its production. <b>More:</b>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duwlqZWJEcM">The complete soundtrack on YouTube</a>, with links to segments in the description
<a href="http://magazine3k.com/comics/english/93670/the-last-of-us-american-dreams-01-of-04-2013.html">The Last of Us: American Dreams</a>, the official four-part prequel comic
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TheLastOfUs">TVTropes analysis</a>
From the creator of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc15KgfNJsw">Everything BioShock Infinite Gets Wrong</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKzVwbs-lsg">Everything The Last of Us Gets Right</a>
<a href="http://culturemass.com/2013/06/19/the-last-of-us-moralizing-death-in-a-violent-medium/">Examining the moral issues raised by the ending</a> (MAJOR SPOILERS)
<a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-last-of-us-tech-analysis">A technical analysis from Eurogamer</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOlT-1yY4A">Vsauce explores the plausibility of a Cordyceps plague</a>
<a href="http://kotaku.com/famous-actor-sounds-upset-about-the-last-of-us-ellie-551365129">Did Ellie "rip off" Ellen Page's likeness?</a>
And <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/thelastofus/">The Last of Us subreddit</a> is full of fun memes, discussion, and debate (with spoiler topics courteously censored) tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.129982Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:56:25 -0800RhaomiThe crew of the Enterprise take on their greatest challenge yet -- an out-of-service holodeckhttp://www.metafilter.com/122209/The%2Dcrew%2Dof%2Dthe%2DEnterprise%2Dtake%2Don%2Dtheir%2Dgreatest%2Dchallenge%2Dyet%2Dan%2Doutofservice%2Dholodeck
<a href="http://larptrek.com/larptrek/1/">LARP Trek</a> - webcomic from MetaFilter's own <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/7418">cortex</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.122209Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:12:38 -0800East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94Neutral to the Slibs!http://www.metafilter.com/121300/Neutral%2Dto%2Dthe%2DSlibs
Initiate salutation cascade, star-citizens! Seven years ago tonight, Stephen Colbert introduced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tek_Jansen">Tek Jansen</a> to the world. Originally a one-off parody of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Who_Trespass">vanity fiction</a> by media blowhards, the "super-awesome spectacular ultraspy" became the center of a <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stephencolbert.fr%2Fles-aventures-de-tek-jansen%2F">small universe</a> of <a href="http://www.onipress.com/series/29">comics</a>, <a href="http://shutupsystems.com/0/tek-jansen-first-series-not-ours">cartoons</a>, and <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100801101916/http://www.tekjansen.com/">books</a>, his exploits satirizing <a href="http://www.readability.com/articles/9rfmpl1n">awful pulp sci-fi</a>, rampant <s>Mary Sue</s> <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MartyStu">"Marty Sue"</a> syndrome, and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QiNzbR1YUI">cheesy melodrama of 1970s Hanna-Barbera</a>. Look inside for US/Canadian links to both animated seasons along with other content available on the web. <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/77983/november-08-2006/tek-jansen---theme-song">Full Theme Song</a>
(Most episodes are available in Canada <a href="http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/best-of/the-colbert-report---tek-jansen/">via The Comedy Network</a>)
<b>Season 1</b> by <a href="http://www.scarsdale10583.com/201201112162/people/meet-animator-extraordinaire-j.j.-sedelmaier.html">J.J. Sedelmaier</a>
<blockquote><a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/72651/august-08-2006/tek-jansen---operation--heart-of-the-phoenix---dead-or-alive">Operation: Heart of the Phoenix - Dead or Alive</a>
<blockquote>Tek confronts the evil Abraxxia (Amy Sedaris)</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/75558/september-18-2006/tek-jansen---operation--destiny-s-underbelly--entrapped-">Operation: Destiny's Underbelly: Entrapped!</a> <small>(might be broken atm)</small>
<blockquote>Sidekicks Kevin and Jenny save Tek from certain doom, but at a terrible price</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/76531/october-11-2006/tek-jansen---space-station-theta-zeus-aquarius">Operation: Aurora Strikes Midnight: Courage's Arrival</a>
<blockquote>Guest George Lucas is teased with a dull, painstakingly detailed short about docking at Space Station Theta-Zeus-Aquarius</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/79171/december-06-2006/tek-jansen---tek-the-halls">Operation: Homecoming's Doorstep: Cat On A Luniharp</a>
<blockquote>This hospital ship is no match for a Bizlarmian Battlewedge... or <em>is it?</em></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/80712/january-10-2007/tek-jansen---hounds-of-hell--ragtime-billy-peaches">Hounds of Hell: Ragtime Billy Peaches</a>
<blockquote>Teleported to the Combatosphere, Tek must grapple with armed guards, angry bees, open-heart surgery, and a very pregnant woman from the future</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/81893/february-07-2007/tek-jansen---from-the-future">Operation: Dragontongue: Chocolate Blades Of Thunder</a>
<blockquote>A series of Teks from further and further in the future interfere with each other's attempts to save a lost prince</blockquote></blockquote>
<b>Season 2</b> by FlickerLab, which recounts the show's origin story
<blockquote><a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/102707/september-12-2007/tek-jansen---beginning-s-first-dawn">Beginning's First Dawn: Episode One</a>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/164883/april-03-2008/tek-jansen---beginning-s-first-dawn--episode-two">Beginning's First Dawn: Episode Two</a>
<a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/215374/january-05-2009/tek-jansen---beginning-s-first-dawn--episode-three">Beginning's First Dawn: Episode Three</a></blockquote>
The series is also elaborated in a <a href="http://www.onipress.com/titles/h/385">graphic novel line by Oni Press</a>, and the original pulp novel <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100420012931/http://www.tekjansen.com/chapters/index.php">serialized on the official site</a>, which includes <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080515211745/http://www.tekjansen.com/glossary/index.php">a wiki glossary of the increasingly outlandish terminology</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121300Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:11:51 -0800RhaomiLive Retro Sci-Fi Radio Comic Book Stage Showhttp://www.metafilter.com/118143/Live%2DRetro%2DSciFi%2DRadio%2DComic%2DBook%2DStage%2DShow
"In a genre of its own—Live-Action Graphic Novel—<a href="http://www.theintergalacticnemesis.com/blog/2012/5/21/this-just-in-2012-13-world-tour-announced.html">The Intergalactic Nemesis</a> saga is a hilarious, uplifting adventure of heroes-by-circumstance overcoming impossible odds. But the telling is what makes the experience of The Intergalactic Nemesis so incredibly unique: while three actors, one Foley artist, and one keyboardist perform all the voices, sound effects and music, more than 1,250 hand-drawn, full-color, hi-res, blow-your-mind comic-book images blast from the screen, all performed live." "To set the stage: It's 1933, there's a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, an evil hypnotist, a time-traveling librarian and alien sludge monsters. The radio play, says producer and director Jason Neulander, started simply, with scripts, a few actors and some crazy noises." - <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/01/12/145109197/intergalactic-nemesis-from-radio-to-page-to-stage">NPR</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf9YTDemjNA">Show excerpt</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhk5A6oAiSA">Conan O'Brien</a> February appearance
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCtyrVE3Cm4">National tour promo</a>
More background via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intergalactic_Nemesis">Wikipedia</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.118143Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:23:42 -0800TheSecretDecoderRingJournalism is just a gun. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.http://www.metafilter.com/110641/Journalism%2Dis%2Djust%2Da%2Dgun%2DAim%2Dit%2Dright%2Dand%2Dyou%2Dcan%2Dblow%2Da%2Dkneecap%2Doff%2Dthe%2Dworld
In this time of corrupt politics, police brutality, media dereliction, and increasingly vicious culture wars, there's perhaps no graphic novel more relevant today than the brilliant and blackly funny <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Transmetropolitan"><i>Transmetropolitan</i></a>.
Created by Warren Ellis back in 1997 and inspired by prescient sci fi novel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Jack_Barron"><i>Bug Jack Barron</i></a>, the series covers the work of <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/118916-iconographies-spider-jerusalem-and-the-new-journalism">gonzo journalist</a>, vulgar misanthrope, and all-around magnificent bastard <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/spider-jerusalem/29-15813/">Spider Jerusalem</a> in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%28Transmetropolitan%29">sprawling futuristic vision of New York </a>so chaotically advanced that humans splice genes with alien refugees, matter decompilers are as common as microwaves, and a new religion is invented every hour.
As a callous Nixonian thug nicknamed <a href="http://economicobjectorvism.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/transmetropolitan-_21-page-13.jpg">The Beast</a> prepares for his re-election to the presidency, a primary battle heats up between a virulent racist and a charismatic senator whose <a href="http://www.comicmix.com/news/2011/04/11/swipe-file-rep-paul-ryan-and-gary-smiler-callahan/">rictus grin</a> masks some disturbing realities. When Jerusalem delves into <a href="http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/18/i-hate-it-here-transmetropolitan-and-the-election-season/">the machinations of the race</a>, he breaks into a web of conspiracies that threaten the future of the country -- a problem only he, his <a href="http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/transmet1.jpg">"filthy assistants,"</a> and the power of <a href="http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images_graphicnovel/transmetropolitan05.jpg">intrepid journalism</a> can defeat.
<b>More:</b> <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/media/excerpts/1719_1.pdf">Read the first issue</a> (or <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/4162395/transmetropolitan-1-3">three</a>) - <a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/04/transmetropolitan-art-book/?pid=3488&viewall=true">browse images</a> from <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1329794677/the-transmetropolitan-art-book?ref=search">the new artbook</a> - <a href="http://www.tor.com/features/series/transmetropolitan-reread">Tor's read-along blog</a> (<a href="http://guy.com/?s=transmetropolitan">another</a>) - Jerusalem's <a href="http://www.giaever.com/op_premambo/transmet/revival.htm">touching report on cryogenic "Revivals"</a> - <a href="http://www.comicartfans.com/searchresult.asp?PM=1&txtSearch=transmetropolitan&Order=&PI=18">dozens of original sketches</a> and <a href="http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/books/graphic-novels/transmetropolitan-10-volumes/">sample</a> <a href="http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/transmetropolitan-page-2-more-page-scans/">pages</a> - <a href="http://www.urbangeek.net/timelines/transmet.html">timeline</a> - <a href="http://www.giaever.com/op_premambo/transmet/quotes.htm">quotes</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.110641Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:48:08 -0800RhaomiI've Seen the Lizard Man.http://www.metafilter.com/99660/Ive%2DSeen%2Dthe%2DLizard%2DMan
<a href="http://www.remindblog.com/2009/11/04/remind-spread-1-2/">reMIND</a> is a webcomic that updates on Mondays. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.99660Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:53:45 -0800cthuljewStardate, uh, Onehttp://www.metafilter.com/85120/Stardate%2Duh%2DOne
<a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=comic&amp;id=53539&amp;page=1">King of an Endless Sky</a> is a new graphic story by <a href="http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=comic&id=53539&page=1">Teetering Bulb</a>, AKA Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon. A new page every Thursday, published at Tor.com. Thus far, the gerbil empire has requested a gift from the newly-crowned Emperor Charlie the First. They want a moon. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.85120Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:09:41 -0800ScattercatThe Ten Doctorshttp://www.metafilter.com/67241/The%2DTen%2DDoctors
The geekiest thing you will see this month is this fan-made comic called <a href="http://www.shipsinker.com/wordpress/2007/03/10/a-doctor-who-comic-the-10-doctors/">The Ten Doctors</a>. <small>Unexpectedly awesome, though!</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.67241Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:57:19 -0800JHarrisBorag Thungg Earthlets!http://www.metafilter.com/58963/Borag%2DThungg%2DEarthlets
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6390731.stm">30 years of thrillpower!</a> British weekly comic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000ad">2000ad</a> celebrates it's 30th aniversary. Previously discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/56538/The-2000AD-Generation">here</a>, current Tharg Matt Smith <a href="http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/newsite/mambo/content/view/264/70/">interviewed</a>, special birthday <a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=news&page=newsimage&choice=1526">Prog</a>. Splundig vur thrigg! tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58963Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:55:59 -0800Artw